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Reflections on Studying the Past – Meddyliau ar Astudio’r Gorffennol
Category: Students
Katherine Watson – Wales has a long history of fishing. In South Wales this is clearer than anywhere else. Tenby was among the earliest and…
Hannah Nielsen – I have always had a fascination with history and storytelling. I was most fixated on the people of the past and their…
As part of its welcome week activities, the department held a sandcastle and pizza event on the beach. Students from all years competed to show…
Gynhadledd Astudiaethau Cymreig Canolfan Richard Burton Centre Dydd Mercher 25 Mai 2022 Wednesday 25 May 2022 Y Studio, Creu Taliesin, Campws Parc, Prifysgol Abertawe The…
The interwar period brought a wave of cultural change, and the white peace poppy was a fringe commemorative symbol that exemplified these changes. The white…
Dr Sarah Crook writes: History students on HIH284 Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in 20th Century Britain, an optional second year module,…
Deciding to study postgraduate history at Swansea was one of the best decisions I ever made. From the variety of modules on offer to the…
The following is the second in our series of guest blog posts from History students exploring their experiences of creative assessment as part of their…
Romanticising Rebecca: Reinterpreting the Mid-Nineteenth Century Revolts of Mid and South-West Wales
Romanticising Rebecca: Reinterpreting the Mid-Nineteenth Century Revolts of Mid and South-West Wales
The nineteenth century was a time of significant change across rural Wales. Plagued with socio-political unrest, a series of factors laid the foundations for a…